Russian air strikes in Syria killed over 2,300 Islamic State militants in 11 days and wounded around 2,700 others, Russia’s Ministry of Defence has said. Adding that the Islamic State has been “seriously weakened”, the Ministry said that Russian aircraft destroyed 67 militant outposts, 51 armouries, 27 tanks, 21 rocket launchers and nearly 200 specialised … Read more
New Zealand batsman Martin Guptill smashed Cricket World Cup’s highest individual score of 237 against Windies in the quarter-final of the 2015 edition. Guptill’s unbeaten 237 helped NZ register 393/6 while Windies were dismissed for 250, 13 runs more than that of Guptill. The right-handed batsman, who turned 31 on Saturday, hit 11 sixes and … Read more
It will really a proud moment for Indians if we get membership in UNSC, Two US Congressmen have introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives for the second year in a row to support India’s permanent membership to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Adding that permanent membership for India on the UNSC would strengthen … Read more
It’s good when two developed country work together for any space program Russian and US space agencies, Roscosmos and NASA, have agreed to jointly build a “deep space gateway”, the first-ever astronaut-tended space station around the Moon. The gateway would help prepare for manned missions to deep space destinations including Mars. Notably, NASA and Roscosmos … Read more
Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani has been ranked first in Hurun India Rich List for the sixth consecutive year. Ambani’s net worth of ₹2,57,900 crore is 50% more than the GDP of the country of his birth, Yemen. Over the last one year, shares of Reliance Industries have gained over 1% every seven days, rising … Read more
Marco Müller, producer of the Iranian film ‘Secret Ballot’, which is alleged to have “inspired” the Rajkummar Rao starrer ‘Newton’, has said the Indian film is not a copy of this movie. Secret Ballot’s director Babak Payami said that “thematic similarities are just that”. The plagiarism row began after ‘Newton’ was selected as India’s official … Read more
Technology giant Apple has been named the most valuable brand for the fifth consecutive year by Interbrand in its Best Global Brands Report 2017. The report estimated Apple’s brand value at $184.1 billion, followed by Google’s at $141.7 billion. Facebook made it to top 10 brands for the first time and witnessed the maximum increase … Read more
Asserting that there will be no compromise in the battle against corruption, PM Narendra Modi on Monday reportedly pointed out that he has no relatives. Reporting on what PM Modi said at the BJP’s National Executive Meet, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley called for making the BJP an instrument of mass participation, improving the lives of … Read more
Two Indian women have featured on Fortune’s list of Most Powerful Women in business outside the US. Managing Director and CEO of ICICI Bank Chanda Kochhar was ranked fifth and Managing Director and CEO of Axis Bank Shikha Sharma was ranked at 21. Group Executive Chairman of Spain’s Banco Santander Ana Botín topped the list. … Read more
There are Only 2 students from government schools have reportedly secured admission to the 22 state-run medical colleges in Tamil Nadu through the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) this year. As many as 30 government school students had secured seats in state-run medical colleges last year. This comes amid protests across the state claiming … Read more
